Newly Imported Movies Have Directors/Writers With Blank Roles when First Imported

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Server Version: 4.9.5.0

Issue:

Newly imported movies consistently display directors and writers at the beginning of the Cast & Crew section. At first I assumed this was a sorting issue, but after investigating it appears to be related to missing crew role assignments during the initial import.

Symptoms:

• Newly added movies show writers and directors before the actors in the movie details page.
• In Edit Metadata, directors and writers appear at the top of the People list.
• In Edit Metadata, those directors and writers have no role shown beneath their names (blank role).
• Actors are imported correctly and always show their character names.
• The movie details page still identifies those people as Writer or Director, but Edit Metadata does not.

What fixes it:

Running:

Refresh Metadata → Replace All Metadata

Immediately fixes the problem.

After the refresh:

• Actors appear first.
• Directors and writers move to the bottom of the People list.
• Directors now show "Director" beneath their names in the metadata editor.
• Writers now show "Writer" beneath their names in the metadata editor.

What I checked:

• NFO metadata reader is enabled and is the only metadata reader.
• Metadata downloaders are TheMovieDb and OMDb.
• Movies have valid TMDb and IMDb IDs.
• "Automatically refresh metadata from the internet after initial import" is set to Never.
• The issue is not limited to a single title.

NFO Investigation:

I inspected several generated NFO files, and they appear correct.

The NFO structure appears normal, and actors are listed before directors/writers.

Additional Observation:

If I rename/remove the NFO and run "Replace All Metadata", Emby recreates the NFO and the movie is imported correctly afterward.

Question:

Is there a known issue in 4.9.5.0 where the initial movie import process fails to assign Writer/Director person types correctly, while "Replace All Metadata" rebuilds them correctly?

Edited 2 hours ago by denzoid